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Ernest Partridge's Internet Publications
(Normally published at several websites)
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In the decade from March, 1998
(when I launched this website) through 2010, I wrote and
published 250 original essays for the internet. Many
of these essays dealt with timely and newsworthy issues that
have since faded from public memory and relevance. I
have excluded many those essays from this list, retaining a
few that continue to have some historical interest. The
complete list of internet essays can be found
at the chronological listing at the bottom of this page.
Internet Essays Listed by Topic
Editor's Choice
Science, Religion and Philosophy
"Do You Believe in God?"
(April, 2006)
On the
Morality of Science,
(May, 2007)
"That's Just Your Opinion" (July, 2008)
Through a Glass, Darkly (November, 2005)
Is Science Just Another Dogma? (July,
2002)
Junk Psychology (June,
2002)
"Creationism" and the Devolution of the Intellect (January, 2005)
Morality and the Law
Property Rights and Public Accommodations (July, 2010)
Morality as a Plus-Sum Game: Why
Libertarianism Fails as a Social Policy.
(April, 2010)
Evil as the
Absence of Empathy (July, 2008)
Prices and Values
(August, 2005)
A Defense
of Moral Relativism. (November, 2005)
Good for Each, Bad for All.
(June, 2004)
Consumer
or Citizen? (October,
2003)
The
Paradoxical Right to Life
(January, 2003)
On Patriotism (February,
2003)
Politics and Economics
(Drop 3-6
of these).
Ayn Rand's
Excellent Proposal
(March, 2010)
Why Liberals are Not Libertarians (November, 2008)
On
Behalf of the Tea Bag Brigades: A Proposal (April, 2009)
"The Left"
(March, 2009)
Theory vs. Reality: Why Market Absolutism Fails (December, 2008)
The
Great Regression -- And The Road Back
(March, 2008)
Market Failure:
The Back of the Invisible Hand
(June, 2007)
A Failed Experiment (June, 2007)
Liberals and Libertarians
(May, 2007)
The
Public Interest and the Limits of Volunteerism (December,
2006)
The Scorpion,
The Frog, and The Corporation (September, 2006)
Who
Lost New Orleans? (September, 2005)
Right vs. Left: The Elements
(March, 2005)
"Shut
Up!," They Explain. (February, 2005)
Letter to a Republican Friend
(August, 2004)
Privatized Hell (June, 2003)
Conscience
of a Conservative (April,
2003)
Media
All The News that Fits the Bush Agenda (August, 2006)
The Dragon at the Gate: The Media Problem
(January, 2003)
Nolo Contendere (May, 2010)
War, Peace Global Issues
Bungling Toward Oblivion: A Letter to my Friends in Russia.
(July, 2014)
What
About the Russians? Personal Encounters (June, 2006)
Swords
Into Plowshares (May, 2006)
The 9/11 Conspiracy: A Skeptic’s View
(April, 2006)
The View
from Abroad: A Personal Reflection (February, 2006)
Now We Are the Redcoats
(September, 2003)
Environment, Climate and Survival
How to Talk to a Climate Change Denier
(November, 2013)
Climate Reality Bites the Libertarians
(April 8, 2008)
Fruit
Flies in a Bottle (September, 2010)
The Road to Catastrophe
(October 14, 2008)
Last Chance for Civilization
(May, 2005)
The Oil Trap (August, 2002)
Culture, Society and History
Why
Should I Pay for Someone Else's Education? (April, 2005)
The Banalization of Genius
(April, 2000)
Touch Football and Television
(April, 2007)
Where
Are Our Heroes Today? (
(June, 2006)
Hinges of History
(July, 2005)
Complete Listing
The Crisis
Politics
Imperialism, Foreign Relations, The Iraq War
Bungling
Toward Oblivion: A Letter to my Friends in Russia. (July, 2014)
The War
Trap (December, 2009)
OmiGawd, Not Another Cold War! A Letter to My Friends in
Russia (September, 2008)
Twenty-Twenty Hindsight, Blinded Foresight (November,
2007)
Oh What a
Lovely (Cold) War (March, 2007)
Only
Americans Can Restore America's Honor (January, 2007)
O Canada!
(August, 2006)
What
About the Russians? Personal Encounters (June, 2006)
Swords Into
Plowshares (May, 2006)
The View
from Abroad: A Personal Reflection (February, 2006)
The Indelible Evil of this War
(December, 2004)
Now We
Are the Redcoats (September, 2003)
Thoughts
on the Eve of a Disaster (March, 2003)
Forgive
U.S. our Trespasses (May, 2002)
Why Do They Hate Us So Much?
(November, 2001)
The Holy Land
(November, 2001)
Devouring the Seed Grain
(August, 1999)
The Media
The Big
Lie. (April, 2011)
Nolo Contendere (May, 2010)
Pity the Poor Mainstream Media!
(May, 2008)
Kristolnicht:
The Decline of The New York Times.
(January, 2008)
Snobocracy: When “The Right People”
Run Washington (December, 2006)
Mainstream
Media to Bloggers: Bug Off (January, 2007)
All The News that Fits the Bush Agenda
(August, 2006)
Pravda on
the Potomac (September, 2004))
The Dragon at the Gate: The Media Problem
(January, 2003)
Don't Give Up on the Media
(January, 2004)
If it Burns, it
Earns (November, 2003)
After the
Internet (September, 2003)
About Those Polls (March,
2002) (March,
2003)
The Press and
Party Symbiosis (November, 2002)
Post-Modern Politics
(April, 2001)
The Hijacked Election
(November, 2000)
The Elections
R. I. P. American Democracy
(October 26, 2012)
A Battle is Won, but the War Remains. (January 6, 2009)
Election 2008: Who Decides? The People or the Programmers?
(October, 2008)
"Country First?" -- The Question of Loyalty
(October
21, 2008)
The American People are Beginning To Get It.
(November, 2007)
Election Fraud: Where’s the
Outrage?
(July, 2007)
Debunking
the Debunker. (June, 2006)
An
Appearance of Guilt (March, 2006)
“Evidence? We Don’t Want
Your Stinkin’ Evidence!” (January, 2006)
In 2006,
Election Fraud is the Keystone Issue. (January, 2006)
"Shut
Up!," They Explain. (February, 2005)
Has the Case for Election Fraud been Refuted?
(January, 2005)
The
Democrats as "The Washington Generals" (December, 2004)
Why we must not "Get Over It"
(November, 2004)
Do
We Still Have a Democracy? (November, 2004)
Defeating a "Touch-Screen" Theft of
the Election. (November, 2004)
The Greatest Story Never Told (March, 2003)
Don't Just
Get Mad, Get Smart (April, 2002)
Taking Stock (December, 2002)
The Hijacked Election
(November, 2000)
About the 2000 Election
(Several Essays) (November 2000)
Barack
Obama and the Obama Administration
Act Two: The Struggle Continues. (December 2, 2008)
A Battle is Won, but the War Remains. (January 6, 2009)
A Man for the Season.
(November 18)
George W. Bush and the Bush Administration
The
Unraveling, At Last?
(December, 2007)
Impeachment: Winning by Losing.
(March, 2007)
Who Lost New Orleans? (September, 2005)
The
Bombs in the Basement. (August, 2005)
The Fall of the
House of Bush (June, 2005)
A
Master Morality (March, 2005)
Bush's "Gut"
(October, 2004)
Henry
and George (June, 2004)
The cover-up that's worse than the crime
(February, 2004)
Despotism by Accident (September
2002)
Reflections on "Black Tuesday" (9/11)
(October, 2001)
Progressivism / Liberalism / Democrats
Stewart Lee
Udall -- 1920-2010. A Personal Memoir (March 24, 2010)
"The Left"
(March 2009)
In a
Financial Emergency, Who Do you Call? The Democrats! (September, 2008)
Liberals
and Libertarians (May, 2007)
The Public Interest and the
Limits of Volunteerism (December, 2006)
Why Won't the Progressives
Get Their Act Together? (October, 2006)
The Democrats: Missing in Action
(March, 2006)
Right and Left: In a Nutshell.
(March, 2006)
Randville, Rawlsburg, and New Orleans (September, 2005)
Right vs. Left: The Elements
(March, 2005)
The Language Trap
(February, 2005)
Good
for Each, Bad for All (June, 2004)
Strategies for Underdogs (January, 2003)
On
Patriotism (February, 2003)
Conscience of a Conservative (April, 2002)
Consumer
or Citizen? (October, 2003)
Taking Stock (December, 2002)
Mr. DeLay Goes to Washington (March,
2002)
Don't
Just Get Mad, Get Smart (March, 2002)
On Civic Friendship
(May, 2000)
Republicans -- Right Wing
Ayn Rand's Excellent Proposal (March 3, 2010)
Don't Ridicule the Tea Baggers -- Recruit Them
(January 2, 2010)
On Behalf of the Tea Bag Brigades: A Proposal
(April 16, 2009)
Take the Money and Run (March, 2009)
Why Liberals are Not Libertarians (November, 2008)
The Road to Catastrophe (October, 2008)
Privatization: The Key to the Coming Solar Age (April, 2008)
Climate Reality Bites the Libertarians
(April 8, 2008)
My Encounter with William F. Buckley, Jr. (March, 2008)
Privatized Hell (November, 2007)
A Failed Experiment (June, 2007)
The Malleable World of the Neo-Cons (February, 2007)
Right and Left: In a Nutshell.
(March, 2006)
Randville, Rawlsburg, and New Orleans (September, 2005)
Who Lost New Orleans?
(September, 2005)
A Master Morality (March, 2005)
Letter to a Republican Friend (August, 2004)
Suckers for Jesus. (aka:
"How Would Jesus Vote?") (August,
2004)
Privatized Hell
(June, 2003)
Dear CEO: Is This Really What You Want?
(March, 2003)
Junk Psychology (June,
2002)
The State Religion (January,
2002)
Kill the Umpire
(September, 2001)
Civil Liberties -- Dissent
Dissent:
What's in it for You
(September, 2007)
On "Hating America" (June,
2003)
Moscow on the Potomac (November, 2002)
Junk History as Legal Precedent (January,
2002)
On Patriotism (January, 2002)
Free to Agree (December,
2001)
Liberty Swap (September,
2001)
Moral
Issues and The Law
America as
a Free Fire Zone. (February, 2011)
Property Rights and Public Accommodations (July, 2010)
Morality
as a Plus-Sum Game... (April, 2010)
Evil as the
Absence of Empathy (July, 2008)
Jose
Padilla's Fate -- and Ours
(August, 2007)
Touch
Football and Television (April, 2007)
.
(April 2007)
A Defense
of Moral Relativism. (November, 2005)
Prices and
Values (August, 2005)
When the Law Goes
Flat (July, 2004)
John
Rawls -- A Tribute (March, 2004)
The Paradoxical "Right to Life" (January,
2003)
What Would Jesus Do? (October,
2002)
Junk Psychology (June,
2002)
Junk History as
Legal Precedent (January, 2002)
Reflections on the Gurney (Capital
Punishment) (March, 1999)
Round Up the Usual Suspects (Gun
Control) (May, 1999)
Science,
Philosophy
and Education
On the
Morality of Science, (May, 2007)
Touch
Football and Television (April, 2007)
Why Should I Pay for Someone Else's Education?
(April, 2005)
"Creationism" and the Devolution of the Intellect
(February, 2005)
Is Science Just Another Dogma? (July,
2002)
President of Fantasyland: Bush v.
Science (May, 2002)
John Rawls -- A Tribute
(December, 2002)
The Banalization of Genius
(April, 2000)
Global
Defense (March, 2000)
In Defense of Research Universities
(February, 1999)
Why Be Reasonable?
(March, 1998)
Yes, Virginia, There is a Real World
(1996)
Economics
The Environment
Lies -- Propaganda -- Corruption
The Big Lie. (April, 2011)
"That's
Just Your Opinion" (June, 2008)
Newspeak
and the Corruption of Politics (April, 2006)
The Language Trap (February, 2005)
Political Propaganda: Selling Lies Like Cigarettes
(July, 2004)
A
Modest Proposal (February, 2003)
Newspeak Lives! (December, 2002)
Blissful
Ignorance (May, 2001)
A
Bribe by Any Other Name (April, 2001)
The Culture War -- The Religious Right
About
this "Mormonism" Thing. (December, 2007)
"Do You
Believe in God?" April, 2007
Through a
Glass, Darkly (November, 2005)
What a Friend We Have in Jesus (May, 2005)
(May, 2005)
Suckers
for Jesus (How Would Jesus Vote?)
August,
2004)
What Would Jesus Do? (October,
2002)
President of Fantasyland: Bush v.
Science (May, 2002)
One Nation, Under God, Divisible (March,
2002)
Warriors of the Lord
(November, 2001)
The Holy Land
(November, 2001)
Chronological Listing of Essays
These essays, which originate at The Crisis Papers (since
November, 2002) are normally published at many other progressive websites.
2014
2011 -- 2013
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
1998 -- 2001
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